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Travel in the USA

http://davidpisarra.com/inspirational-guesting-on-lisa-mcdonalds-carpe-diem-show I want to focus on travel that’s closer to home since I know many people would prefer to not travel internationally


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6 of America’s Best National Parks

Cincinnati The National Park Service uses over twenty different titles for the park units it manages, including National Monument, National Historic Site, National Battlefield Site, National


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Side Trip: The Getty Villa

The Getty Center—the famed, world-class museum complex perched high in the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking West Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean—is one of the


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StruxTravel’s Epic Road Trip

I’ve always wanted to take a cross-country road trip, but never had the opportunity to do so until this year. Three thousand miles by car


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A Tourist In My Own Backyard (Part 4): Universal Studios Hollywood

Even though I drive by there all the time and have been to the adjacent CityWalk shopping promenade many times, it’s probably been more than


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The Korean Friendship Bell – San Pedro, California

I’ve lived in the Los Angeles area for most of my life and love it when I come across cool things that I’d never seen


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Bohemian San Luis Obispo, California

On my recent trip up California’s central coast, I spent the afternoon in San Luis Obispo, a city I’d passed through a number of times


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Side Trip: California Wine Country

California is famous throughout the world for its wines. In fact, nearly ninety percent of all wine produced in the U.S. comes from California. This


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“Where the Turf Meets the Surf” – A Day at the Del Mar Races

This past Wednesday was Opening Day for the 75th season of the Del Mar Stakes. The famous racetrack has been drawing huge crowds every summer


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Los Angeles From Above

I received the most amazing gift for Christmas—a Groupon Deal for a helicopter tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood. I’ve lived in L.A. for nearly


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